Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan attacked Chu Guanyu after she threatened his family, nearly killing her despite warnings from those around him. An azure light from a Mystic Ascension Realm expert blocked his final strike, leaving Lu Chuan to confront the vast gap in their strength.

• Lu Chuan struck Chu Guanyu with Saber Energy, and Xiao Yunsheng and Tu Zhan intervened just long enough for her to retreat.
• Lu Chuan seized Chu Guanyu and attacked her Sea of Consciousness, leaving her helpless in his grip.
• Lu Chuan rejected Xiao Yunsheng and Luo Zhan’s threats and continued choking Chu Guanyu despite Ye Yunqing, Kast, and Luo Tian urging him to stop.
• Lu Chuan prepared to kill Chu Guanyu with Heart Burning Blade, but azure light descended and dissolved his attack.
• Lu Chuan recognized the intervention as the work of a Mystic Ascension Realm expert and reflected on the gap between their power.

Lu Chuan survived the confrontation at the Mountain Gate, kept the Azure Lightning Sword, and entered Xuanhuang Hall’s true Mountain Gate. He arrived in a Blessed Grotto-heaven filled with immense Spiritual Energy.

• Wan Sanqian saved Chu Guanyu and arranged for Lu Chuan to complete his admission formalities, promising to deliver his treatment within three days.
• Lu Chuan warned everyone not to provoke him again, then followed Ye Yunqing through the Mountain Gate.
• Chu Guanyu demanded the Azure Lightning Sword back, but Lu Chuan refused and told her to redeem it; Xiao Yunsheng objected, and Wan Sanqian dismissed his complaint.
• Chu Guanyu stayed silent but resented Lu Chuan for humiliating her and taking her Quasi-Dao Tool.
• Lu Chuan crossed the Mountain Gate and found himself in Xuanhuang Hall’s Blessed Grotto-heaven, where Spiritual Energy had condensed into mist and liquid.

Lu Chuan registered at the Logistics Hall and was shown his new cave residence at Wuji Institute. As news of his strength and triple S-class treatment spread through Xuanhuang Hall, many True Disciples resented him, but no one confronted him.

• Ye Yunqing guided Lu Chuan through Xuanhuang Hall and explained its four halls and seven institutes.
• News spread that Lu Chuan had defeated Chu Guanyu, Xiao Yunsheng, and Tu Zhan, taken Chu Guanyu’s Azure Lightning Sword, and received triple S-class treatment.
• Many disciples, especially True Disciples of the Seven Great Institutes, expressed jealousy and doubted that Lu Chuan deserved his treatment.
• Lu Chuan completed his registration at the Logistics Hall with Ye Yunqing’s help.
• Ye Yunqing took Lu Chuan to Wuji Institute and showed him the independent mountain peak assigned as his cave residence.

Lu Chuan settled into his new Cave Mansion in Xuanhuang Hall, discovered that his Blade Intent had reached perfection, and learned that saber momentum was the next step in martial cultivation. He began secluded cultivation to advance through the Fate Defying Realm before studying the Mystic Ascension Realm and attempting a breakthrough.

• Ye Yunqing showed Lu Chuan how to control the Cave Mansion Great Formation, then departed to report the mission.
• Lu Chuan took control of his Cave Mansion and explored its powerful defenses, spirit vein, and lavish surroundings.
• Lu Chuan replaced the hall's Meditation Cushion with the superior one from the Star Realm Grotto-Heaven.
• Lu Chuan confirmed that his Blade Intent had reached perfection and realized that saber momentum was the next stage of Martial Intent.
• Lu Chuan decided to cultivate to the peak of the Fate Defying Realm before learning more about the Mystic Ascension Realm and receiving Wan Sanqian's promised God-Breaking Pill.

Lu Chuan reached the peak of the Fate Defying Realm and planned to seek guidance on opening the Divine Treasury. Wan Sanqian delivered him a God-Breaking Pill and warned him to stay inside the Mountain Gate because Chu Guanyu’s family might seek revenge.

• Chu Guanyu’s mother blamed Lu Chuan for her daughter’s injuries and left to demand justice, while Chu Guanyu’s father went after her to prevent a rash move.
• After three days of cultivation, Lu Chuan reached the peak of the Fate Defying Realm and raised his Spiritual Power to Immortal Seventh Rank.
• Lu Chuan decided to visit the Scripture Pavilion to learn how to open the Divine Treasury and enter the Mystic Ascension Realm.
• Wan Sanqian visited Lu Chuan, gave him the promised God-Breaking Pill, and advised him to build up his accumulation before opening the Divine Treasury.
• Wan Sanqian warned Lu Chuan not to leave the Mountain Gate because some people might retaliate over Chu Guanyu’s injuries.

After learning about Chu Guanyu’s powerful family and connections, Lu Chuan sought guidance from Wan Sanqian and then visited Wuji Institute’s Scripture Pavilion. He went to the second floor to claim the Ascension Cultivation Method that would teach him to open his Divine Treasury and enter the Mystic Ascension Realm.

• Wan Sanqian explained that Chu Guanyu was backed by the Chu Family, her mother Su Yilin and her master Mu Qingyao, while Lu Chuan’s status as a True Disciple and his performance in Yunlan Star also offered him protection.
• Lu Chuan asked Wan Sanqian about Xuanhuang Hall and the Mystic Ascension Realm, and the two spoke for the rest of the day.
• The next morning, Lu Chuan registered at the Scripture Pavilion while disciples outside recognized him and discussed Chu Guanyu’s injuries and possible retaliation.
• Lu Chuan discovered that the Scripture Pavilion was a vast Grotto-Heaven Treasure Tool holding physical books and records.
• Lu Chuan headed to the second floor to claim his free Ascension Cultivation Method as a True Disciple and S-class member.

Lu Chuan entered the Scripture Pavilion’s second floor and chose to comprehend the Wuji Institute’s peerless Dragon Elephant Suppressing World Scripture. After merging with the Dragon Elephant’s experience, he began opening the first Divine Treasury, Extreme Strength.

• Lu Chuan entered the heavily defended second floor and found the Ascension Cultivation Methods in a secluded region.
• Lu Chuan learned that the Dragon Elephant Suppressing World Scripture was the Institute’s sole peerless cultivation method, yet no one had comprehended it in more than ten thousand years.
• Lu Chuan approached the jade stele, confident that his Entries would let him master the scripture.
• Lu Chuan’s mind was drawn into a mysterious world, where he experienced the Dragon Elephant’s life and its power to suppress the ages.
• The jade stele sent golden radiance into Lu Chuan, and his Divine Power struck the Extreme Strength Divine Treasury.

Lu Chuan opened the Extreme Strength Divine Treasury, entered the Mystic Ascension Realm, and spent a month studying in the Wuji Institute's Scripture Pavilion. Meanwhile, Chu Guanyu resolved to enter Lihentian as her resentment toward him grew.

• Lu Chuan broke through the Extreme Strength Divine Treasury, transformed his body and Soul Consciousness, and reached Ascension Realm One.
• Lu Chuan examined his changed Attribute Panel and recognized the Epoch Book as the start of the Divine Martial path he had created.
• Lu Chuan went to the Scripture Pavilion's Mystic Ascension Realm section and spent a month absorbing its books and refining his understanding.
• Chu Guanyu remained severely weakened by her damaged Soul Consciousness and blamed Lu Chuan for her ruined prospects.
• Chu Guanyu told her father she had decided to enter Lihentian.

After spending three months reading in the Scripture Pavilion, Lu Chuan emerged to find that the Chu Family was threatening him over Chu Guanyu’s injuries. Back at his residence, he received a Logistics Hall mission that he suspected the Chu Family had arranged to force him out of the Mountain Gate.

• Lu Chuan finished reading the books available to him in the Scripture Pavilion and advanced his comprehension of the Dragon Elephant Suppressing World Scripture and Epoch Book.
• People outside the pavilion whispered about Lu Chuan’s conflict with Chu Guanyu and the Chu Family’s threats, while Lu Chuan remained unconcerned and returned to his mountain residence.
• Xiao Yi alerted Lu Chuan to a message from the Xuanhuang Hall Logistics Hall, which had assigned him a task despite the usual practice of not assigning tasks to True Disciples.
• Lu Chuan suspected the Chu Family had influenced the Logistics Hall to send him away from the Mountain Gate before he could grow stronger.

Lu Chuan investigated the Foreign Race invasion on Bata Star and suspected the Chu Family had arranged the mission as a trap. He prepared by upgrading his weapons and buying supplies, then left for the mission on the deadline’s third day.

• Lu Chuan ordered Xiao Yi to investigate Bata Star and learned that a new resource-rich Star Realm connected it to Blood Race territory.
• Lu Chuan found no clear evidence of a scheme but suspected the Chu Family wanted the Blood Race to kill him.
• Lu Chuan decided to go to Bata Star and prepared by purchasing pills, materials, talismans, and other supplies in the Virtual Universe.
• Lu Chuan spent one hundred billion Cosmic Coins upgrading his War Blade and bow and arrow to top-grade Treasure Tools, and also bought an A-Grade Combat Suit.
• Lu Chuan left his mountain peak and flew toward the Mountain Gate of Xuanhuang Hall to set out for Bata Star.

Su Yilin arranged for Lu Chuan to be sent on a dangerous mission to Bata Star, prompting Wan Sanqian to prepare to protect him. Lu Chuan traveled there aboard the Flying Cloud Boat and arrived before the scarlet-lit planet.

• Su Yilin told Chu Minghe that Lu Chuan had left for Bata Star and insisted that Lu Chuan must die because Chu Guanyu had been sent to Lihentian.
• Wan Sanqian learned that Logistics Hall had issued Lu Chuan a compulsory mission and suspected the Chu Family was behind it.
• Wan Sanqian ordered Lu Yuan and a group of subordinates to protect Lu Chuan and help him complete the mission, then decided to go to Bata Star himself in secret.
• Lu Chuan ordered Xiao Yi to pilot the Flying Cloud Boat to Bata Star and traveled through the Dark Universe.
• Lu Chuan arrived near a planet glowing faint red and looked toward it from outside the Flying Cloud Boat.

Lu Chuan observed that Bata Star had fallen into a dire situation, with the Blood Race surrounding the Human Race’s last base. As the base’s defenses collapsed and Liu Yufeng attacked Wang Tiejun, the Human Race prepared to meet the enemy.

• Lu Chuan used the Son of Heaven's Qi Observation Technique to see that the Blood Race had driven the Human Race into a defensive position on Bata Star.
• Wang Tiejun learned that the base’s Great Array was failing under the Blood Race’s assault and that reinforcements would take at least two days to arrive.
• The Great Array cracked and collapsed after the Blood God Cult disrupted it, leaving the base exposed to the Blood Race army.
• Wang Tiejun ordered his soldiers to form ranks and meet the advancing Blood Race troops.
• Liu Yufeng charged toward Wang Tiejun and declared that Bata Star would be his burial place.

Liu Yufeng used the Blood God Cult believers' life force to reach the Half-step to God Realm and nearly killed Wang Tiejun as the Blood Race overwhelmed the city. A mysterious saber wielder slew Liu Yufeng with one strike, and another figure began suppressing the invading Blood Race army with a mountain.

• Liu Yufeng attacked the Human Race army while the Blood Race broke through the city gate, leaving the defenders trapped between the two forces.
• Wang Tiejun fought Liu Yufeng as his deputy led the Human Race army against the Blood Race, but the defenders were overwhelmed.
• Liu Yufeng absorbed the Essence, Qi, and Spirit of Blood God Cult believers, transformed into a monster, and reached the Half-step to God Realm.
• Liu Yufeng shattered Wang Tiejun's spear strike and sent a river of blood toward him, leaving Wang Tiejun unable to escape.
• An unknown saber wielder's slash evaporated Liu Yufeng's attack and split Liu Yufeng in two, killing him.
• A massive figure appeared above the city, formed a mountain with the Mountain Embracing Seal, and smashed it toward the invading Blood Race army.

Lu Chuan destroyed the Blood Race army’s formation and killed its Duke, turning the battle on Bata Star in the Human Race’s favor. He joined Wang Tiejun’s forces in cutting down the remaining Blood Race soldiers.

• Lu Chuan’s Mountain Embracing Seal shattered the Blood Race army’s formation, killing many peak General-class experts and injuring the rest.
• Lu Chuan descended into the Blood Race camp and attacked the Blood Race Duke, who defended himself with a Quasi-Dao Tool.
• Lu Chuan appeared behind the Blood Race Duke and killed him with a slash, then sealed the Jade Cone and stored it in his Green-skinned Gourd.
• Lu Chuan urged Wang Tiejun to lead the Human Race soldiers into battle, and Wang Tiejun ordered them to form up and attack.
• Lu Chuan joined the fighting and slaughtered the remaining Blood Race experts with his War Blade.

After helping Wang Tiejun’s forces defeat the Blood Race on Bata Star, Lu Chuan urged an immediate assault on the Star Realm to reclaim the passage before the enemy could reinforce it. Wang Tiejun agreed to march in an hour, while Lu Chuan waited outside the city and considered the rare resources he might find there.

• Lu Chuan collected the battlefield spoils after defeating most of the Blood Race forces, while Wang Tiejun’s army crushed the survivors.
• Wang Tiejun thanked Lu Chuan, who asked about Bata Star and learned that Inspector Li Tianyuan had fled after the Blood Race breached the Star Realm War Fortress.
• Lu Chuan urged Wang Tiejun to attack the Star Realm immediately so the Blood Race could not keep sending armies through the passage.
• Wang Tiejun accepted the risk and ordered the army to set out in one hour.
• Lu Chuan went to a nearby mountaintop to wait, planning to enter the Star Realm and seek rare materials that might upgrade his equipment.

Lu Chuan led the Human Race army to the Star Realm passage and destroyed the Blood Race’s fortified barrier with a single arrow, allowing Wang Tiejun’s forces to seize the War Fortress. He discovered that the Star Realm rejected him because he was in the Mystic Ascension Realm, leaving him unable to enter and pursue the Blood Race.

• Lu Chuan protected Wang Tiejun’s army on its march to the Star Realm passage, where the Blood Race waited behind a fortified barrier.
• Lu Chuan fired a destructive arrow that shattered the barrier and sent the Blood Race defenders into a panicked retreat.
• Wang Tiejun led the Human Race army into the War Fortress and captured it amid the Blood Race’s confusion.
• Lu Chuan stopped at the Star Realm vortex because its Origin rejected him, and he asked Wang Tiejun how to bypass that restriction.
• Wang Tiejun realized Lu Chuan was a Mystic Ascension Realm expert and marveled at his strength and young age.

Lu Chuan used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to send three Half-step to God Realm clones into the star realm with Wang Tiejun’s army, since his true body could not enter. He left the War Fortress to investigate Bata Star and bait the Chu Family into revealing its next move.

• Lu Chuan summoned three independent clones, each at the Half-step to God Realm, and ordered them to lead the advance into the star realm.
• Wang Tiejun led the army into the star realm to reclaim Human Race territory, drive out the Blood Race, and search for rare resources.
• Lu Chuan remained outside the star realm, where the Star Realm Origin prevented him from entering or sensing his clones.
• Lu Chuan left the War Fortress and wandered across Bata Star to draw out the Chu Family’s follow-up plans and search mines for materials to refine Quasi-Dao Tools.

Lu Chuan discovered a vast black iron vein beneath an abandoned mine on Bata Star and used his Earth Evasion Technique to reach its core. There he found a ten-meter piece of Geng Metal Black Iron, a priceless treasure that could serve as the main material for his war blade.

• Lu Chuan detected an enormous black iron vein beneath the abandoned mine and suspected it contained Geng Metal Black Iron.
• Lu Chuan used the Earth Evasion Technique to descend through Bata Star’s powerful Earth Vein Power.
• Lu Chuan entered the black iron vein and found that its ore was high enough in quality to be used directly for artifact refining.
• Lu Chuan reached the vein’s core, an independent Grotto-Heaven filled with Geng Metal Qi.
• Lu Chuan found a ten-meter piece of Geng Metal Black Iron and credited his discovery to the Treasures of Nature Entry.

Lu Chuan secured the Geng Metal Black Iron after killing its powerful beast guardian, but an ambush awaited him when he emerged from the underground grotto. A King-Level Foreign Race assassin hired by the Chu Family attacked him, and the chapter ended as the assassin struck from behind.

• Lu Chuan sensed the guardian beneath the Geng Metal Black Iron and defeated the pangolin-like beast by crushing it beneath a mountain of Geng Metal Qi.
• Lu Chuan collected the beast's Fierce Beast Crystal Core and used the Green-skinned Gourd to take the Geng Metal Black Iron.
• Lu Chuan returned to the surface, where a mysterious attacker hit him with Sword Qi and sealed the surrounding area with a Great Array.
• Lu Chuan recognized the black-robed attacker as a Foreign Race expert whose power might have reached the Mystic Ascension Realm.
• The attacker revealed that the Chu Family had hired him to kill Lu Chuan, then appeared behind him and thrust a longsword at him.

Lu Chuan fought a King-Level Rotten Race assassin who had tried to kill him, using his strength and growing combat power to overwhelm the attacker. The battle left the Rotten Race expert increasingly wary and afraid as Lu Chuan pressed him back.

• Lu Chuan blocked the Rotten Race expert’s surprise sword strike with his Protective Barrier and identified his attacker as a King-Level fighter.
• Lu Chuan said the Chu Family might have withheld information about his Mystic Ascension Realm strength, then attacked the Rotten Race expert with his War Blade.
• The Rotten Race expert escaped Lu Chuan’s first slash by teleporting ten thousand meters away, but Lu Chuan pursued him.
• Lu Chuan and the Rotten Race expert fought across the abandoned mining site, with Lu Chuan’s Blade Qi steadily gaining the advantage.
• Lu Chuan’s [Clearing Thorns and Thistles] Entry made him stronger as the battle continued, while the Rotten Race expert’s Decay power failed to harm him.